# 1902 college football season

The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan and Yale as having been selected national champions.

## Conference and program changes
### Conference changes

* One conference began play in 1902:
** Ohio Athletic Conference – now a Division III conference

### Membership changes

| School | 1901 Conference | 1902 Conference |
| Centre College merged with Central University Colonels | Independent | SIAA |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Independent | SIAA |
| Southwestern Louisiana Industrial football | Program Established | Independent |

## Conference standings
### Major conference standings

1902 Colorado Football Association standings :
| 1902 Colorado Football Association standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Colorado $ 4 –0 –05 –1 –0 Colorado Mines 2 –1 –14 –1 –2 Colorado College 2 –2 –03 –4 –0 Denver 1 –3 –03 –4 –1 Colorado Agricultural 0 –3 –11 –3 –2 $ – Conference champion | 1902 Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Washington $ 4 –0 –05 –1 –0 Oregon 1 –0 –13 –1 –3 Washington State 2 –1 –02 –3 –0 Oregon Agricultural 0 –1 –14 –1 –1 Whitman 1 –3 –02 –4 –0 Idaho 0 –3 –01 –3 –1 $ – Conference champion | 1902 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Clemson $ 5 –0 –06 –1 –0 Vanderbilt 6 –1 –08 –1 –0 LSU + 5 –1 –06 –1 –0 Texas 4 –1 –06 –3 –1 Sewanee 4 –2 –06 –2 –0 Tennessee 4 –2 –06 –2 –0 Georgia 3 –2 –14 –2 –1 Ole Miss 3 –3 –04 –3 –0 Nashville 2 –2 –02 –4 –0 Auburn 2 –4 –12 –4 –1 Alabama 2 –4 –04 –4 –0 Cumberland (TN) 1 –4 –03 –5 –0 Tulane 0 –3 –21 –4 –2 Furman 0 –2 –14 –3 –4 Georgia Tech 0 –4 –20 –6 –2 Mississippi A&M 0 –4 –11 –4 –1 Kentucky State 0 –2 –04 –6 –1 $ – Conference champion+ LSU claims a co-championship |
| 1902 Western Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Michigan $ 5 –0 –011 –0 –0 Chicago 5 –1 –011 –1 –0 Minnesota 3 –1 –09 –2 –1 Illinois 4 –2 –010 –2 –1 Purdue 2 –2 –07 –2 –1 Wisconsin 1 –3 –06 –3 –0 Iowa 0 –3 –05 –4 –0 Northwestern 0 –4 –06 –6 –0 Indiana 0 –4 –03 –5 –1 $ – Conference champion |

### Independents

1902 Eastern college football independents records :
| 1902 Eastern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Ursinus   –  9 –0 –0 Yale   –  11 –0 –1 Geneva   –  7 –0 –0 Harvard   –  11 –1 –0 Princeton   –  8 –1 –0 Army   –  6 –1 –1 Frankin & Marshall   –  7 –2 –0 Dartmouth   –  6 –2 –1 Holy Cross   –  6 –2 –1 Syracuse   –  6 –2 –1 Carlisle   –  8 –3 –0 Cornell   –  8 –3 –0 Lafayette   –  8 –3 –0 Amherst   –  7 –3 –0 Penn State   –  7 –3 –0 Penn   –  9 –4 –0 Lehigh   –  7 –3 –1 Vermont   –  5 –3 –2 Colgate   –  5 –3 –1 NYU   –  5 –3 –0 Bucknell   –  6 –4 –0 Washington & Jefferson   –  6 –4 –0 Columbia   –  6 –4 –1 Springfield Training School   –  3 –2 –1 Villanova   –  4 –3 –0 Brown   –  5 –4 –1 Swarthmore   –  6 –6 –0 Western U. of Penn.   –  5 –6 –1 New Hampshire   –  2 –3 –1 Buffalo   –  3 –5 –1 Tufts   –  4 –6 –1 Fordham   –  2 –4 –1 Wesleyan   –  3 –6 –1 Rutgers   –  3 –7 –0 Navy   –  2 –7 –1 Drexel   –  1 –4 –1 Temple   –  1 –4 –1 Pittsburgh College   –  1 –6 –0 Boston College   –  0 –8 –0 | 1902 Midwestern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Nebraska   –  9 –0 –0 South Dakota   –  9 –0 –0 North Dakota Agricultural   –  4 –0 –0 Central Michigan   –  4 –0 –0 Ohio Medical   –  9 –1 –0 Marquette   –  6 –1 –1 Knox   –  9 –2 –0 Northern Illinois State   –  5 –1 –1 Haskell   –  8 –2 –1 Notre Dame   –  6 –2 –1 Drake   –  5 –2 –1 Lincoln (MO)   –  2 –1 –0 Mount Union   –  6 –3 –0 Iowa State   –  6 –3 –1 Carthage   –  2 –1 –1 Cincinnati   –  4 –2 –2 Missouri   –  5 –3 –0 Miami (OH)   –  5 –3 –1 Kansas   –  6 –4 –0 South Dakota Agricultural   –  3 –2 –0 Fairmount   –  4 –3 –1 Detroit College   –  3 –3 –0 Lake Forest   –  4 –4 –1 Lincoln (MO)   –  1 –1 –0 Western Illinois   –  2 –2 –0 Michigan Agricultural   –  4 –5 –0 Wittenberg   –  3 –4 –2 Washburn   –  3 –4 –0 Doane   –  2 –3 –0 Heidelberg   –  3 –5 –1 Wabash   –  2 –4 –2 Buchtel   –  2 –5 –0 Washington University   –  2 –6 –1 Butler   –  1 –3 –0 Kansas State   –  2 –6 –0 Michigan State Normal   –  1 –5 –1 Iowa State Normal   –  1 –6 –1 Ohio   –  0 –5 –1 | 1902 Southern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Oklahoma A&M   –  1 –0 –0 Spring Hill   –  1 –0 –0 Texas A&M   –  7 –0 –2 Marshall   –  5 –0 –2 Virginia   –  8 –1 –1 South Carolina   –  6 –1 –0 Kentucky University   –  7 –2 –0 Howard (AL)   –  3 –1 –0 North Carolina   –  5 –1 –3 Georgetown   –  7 –3 –0 Arkansas   –  6 –3 –0 Oklahoma   –  6 –3 –0 Florida State College   –  2 –1 –0 Stetson   –  2 –1 –1 West Virginia   –  7 –4 –0 VPI   –  3 –2 –1 Davidson   –  4 –4 –1 East Florida Seminary   –  1 –1 –0 Kendall   –  1 –1 –0 Louisiana Industrial   –  1 –1 –1 Richmond   –  3 –3 –0 VMI   –  3 –3 –1 William & Mary   –  1 –1 –1 Baylor   –  3 –4 –2 North Carolina A&M   –  3 –4 –2 Maryland   –  3 –5 –2 Delaware   –  3 –5 –1 Florida Agricultural   –  1 –2 –1 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –  1 –2 –0 Columbian   –  1 –3 –0 Navy   –  2 –7 –1 TCU   –  0 –5 –1 Central Oklahoma   –  0 –1 –0 Tusculum   –  0 –1 –0 |
| 1902 Far West college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T California   –  8 –0 –0 Arizona   –  5 –0 –0 Wyoming   –  1 –0 –0 Montana Agricultural   –  4 –0 –1 Stanford   –  6 –1 –0 Utah   –  5 –2 –1 Tempe Normal   –  2 –1 –0 USC   –  2 –3 –0 Nevada State   –  1 –2 –0 New Mexico A&M   –  0 –1 –2 Utah Agricultural   –  0 –5 –1 Montana   –  0 –2 –0 |

### Minor conferences

| Conference | Champion(s) | Record |
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Alma | 4–1 |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Case | 5–0 |

### Minor conference standings

1902 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings :
* 1902 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L TW L T
* Case $
* 5
* –0
* –06
* –3
* –0
* Ohio State
* 2
* –1
* –06
* –2
* –2
* Ohio Wesleyan
* 2
* –2
* –07
* –3
* –0
* Oberlin
* 1
* –2
* –04
* –4
* –0
* Kenyon
* 1
* –3
* –02
* –4
* –2
* Western Reserve
* 0
* –3
* –03
* –6
* –0
* $ – Conference champion

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:
| Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team |
| QB | Foster Rockwell | | | So. | Vermont | Yale |
| HB | George B. Chadwick | | | Sr. | Brooklyn, New York | Yale |
| HB | Thomas A. Barry | | | Sr. | Brockton, Massachusetts | Brown |
| FB | Blondy Graydon | | | Sr. | Cincinnati, Ohio | Harvard |
| E | Tom Shevlin | 5'10" | 195 | Fr. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Yale |
| T | Ralph Kinney | | | Jr. | | Yale |
| T | James Hogan | 5'10" | 210 | So. | County Tipperary, Ireland | Yale |
| G | Edgar Glass | | | Sr. | Syracuse, New York | Yale |
| G | John DeWitt | 6'1" | 198 | Jr. | Phillipsburg, New Jersey | Princeton |
| C | Henry Holt | | | Sr. | Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York | Yale |
| C | Robert Boyers | | | Sr. | Bellaire, Ohio | Army |
| G | Bill Warner | 6'4" | 210 | Sr. | Springville, New York | Cornell |
| T | Paul Bunker | 5'11" | 186 | Sr. | Alpena, Michigan | Army |
| E | Edward Bowditch | | | Jr. | Albany, New York | Harvard |

### Statistical leaders

* Team scoring most points: Michigan, 644
* Player scoring most points: Albert E. Herrnstein, Michigan, 130
* Rushing leader: Willie Heston, Michigan, 487
* Rushing avg leader: Willie Heston, 8.7
* Rushing touchdowns leader: Al Herrnstein, 26